ways to disguise one chord prog song

I notice quite a few pop songs have the same chord progression all the way through E.g. ed sheeran sing or marron 5 moves like jagger. Obviously, arrangement is the biggest factor here in order to make the song go places excluding what the vocal is doing.

Im trying to diguise a one chord prog song i have where the vocal melody has the right contour to have a verse and chorus but struggling to get the feeling of chorus. Any tips to make this work?

I know about adding percussion, changing hihats to rides or whatever, adding more elements but is there anything else i could be missing.

ways to disguise one chord prog song